Views around Partigliano

A few days ago I took a walk around our little valley.  Here are some pictures from that walk.

This is the bar in the village.  The Wisteria is in full bloom.  Later, after the vine leafs out it provides a nice screen against the afternoon sun. 

A fruit and vegetable truck comes to the village at least once a week.  Here it was parked down by the church with some of the local ladies making their purchases.

I proceeded to hike up the hill through the village.  About halfway through there is a chiesetta (chapel).  It was freshly painted over the winter.

The chiesetta is almost always locked but the windows are often open.  Through one you can see the crumbling fresco and alter along the back wall with some fresh flowers and greenery.

There are wild Iris blooming everywhere.

From the end of the valley, near the town of Fondagno, I could see Partigliano and down towards Valdottavo.

Spring is rather late here in the Lucca area.  The apple blossoms are particularly lovely right now.  There were a number of trees right along the road where I was walking.  They were beautiful and smelled very sweet.









Here is a better shot of Partigliano from across the valley. The main part of the village is clustered around the church but there are a number of houses further up the hill. The chiesetta is in the midst of the higher cluster of homes.

Many of the old fields around the valley have been let go wild.  This one is covered with blackberry vines.

Friends of ours used to own this house.  The new residents have painted it bright yellow.  It really glowed in the sunshine.

The small creeks that run through the ravines and down to the bottom of the valley are splashing and burbling.  Later in the year they are much quieter.

An English couple are renovating the old mill at the bottom of the hill.  The roof is off but it is still waiting for the new one.  Hopefully, the work will commence soon.